Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-04

APRIL ELECTIONS.
Constitutional Questions I'm Rhoae
Island, Michigan, and California.
The people Of Michigan are to elect to-day two
justices OF the supreme Court OF the State and
regents OF the State University and vote upon two
proposed amendments TO their State constitution,
one OF which prohibits the sale OF Intoxicating
liquors. and the other xes the salaries OF the state
onicer2 A Detroit dispatch TO the New York Times
says: There are four full tickets In the field, re
publican, democratic, greenback and labor-fusion,
and prohibition. A plurality elects. Under these
circumstances there seems little reason TO doubt
that the republican candidates will be elected, al
though 1t win be possible TO single out and
slip one candidate on all sides, so as TO
endanger his success II not actually to defeat him
and political and individual revenges mixed up In
the contest and engaged in adjusting their yarie-
gated accounts that general understanding and
combination OF this sort is scarcely possible. IL is
surmsed that the two partners In the fusion busi-
ness OF the past six years. the democrats and
for each others back hair. But all mere political
issues have been quite overshadowed by the PEN
dency OF the amendment TO the State constitution
prohibiting the sale OF liquor in any form. very
vigorous and comprehensive campaign has been
carried on by the prohipltionists
The people OF Rhode Island are to elect on We'd
nesday next their ful State ticket and legislature
and vote upon proposed amendment 70 the con-
stitution OF their State, which provides that 'wo-
men shall have the right to vote In the election OF
all civil officers and on all questions In all legal
town. district, or ward meetings, subject TO the
same qualifications limitations and conditions as
men," For state Officers there are three full tick
cts In the field, the republicans having named the
present incumbents, with the Hon Geo. Peabody
Wetmore for governor, and the d emocrats having
nominated Jno. w. Davis for that position and
the prohibftaOniSts ThOS II. Peabody. The can
vass has been animated in the past ten days, the
number
the State ticket being outspOken and determined.
The vote for governor last April was republicans,
1880; democrats. 1914: prohirtiOnist, 2,5S5.
The people of California Will vote ON Tuesday,
April II, upon three proposed amendments 10
the salaries OF the justices OF the supreme Court
OF the State and OF the superior Judges and court
commissioners In several counties OF the State;
the second continues in Office the present justices
OF the supreme Court for the terms for which
they were elected, and provides that hereafter
the justices shall elect one OF their number as
having that position filled by the direct vote OF
| the people as now. The third amendment ex-
right to elect Is FreehOlders TO make char
tiers for them, and specifies the authority
cy wM nv n, GhaTte mlay framed am DO for
habitants or oyer-may be submitted Speaking
OF the second amendment the San Francisco Bull
tetin says "Ihe governor is especially authorized
to appoint justice for the unexpired term OF the
late chief justice II the amendment should be
adopted the seven justices can elect chief jus
tice in April The present Supreme Court commits
sion is continued In office for four years and for as
many years thereafter as twO-thirds OF the legis-
appointive judiciary wedged into the electoral
system. 1t has not much OF a basis to stand on
now. but the proposed amendment viii give 1t
stability"
The Cincinnati Election To-day.
woRKNGhKN CAUSING ANXIETY 10 BOTH POLITICAL
PARTIES
A telegram to the New York Times from Cincin-
natl says that the municipal election which is TO
occur to-day is exciting profound interest among
all classes 'The unexpected strength OF the labor
movement renders the result not only uncertain
but gives to it importance indicating the party
supremacy OF the future. There is a total regis
traIion OF $1,000 voters. II the labor ticket re-
rality. The estimates as to the labor vote range
all the way from 5000 TO 10000. A vote OF 900
would be larger than the labor party has ever be-
fore cast, but at the party headquarters Saturday
1t was claimed that they had the names OF Ii, 600
voters attached to written pledges to vote the
that not more than half OF the supporters OF the
labor ticket had had an opportunity to sign the
pledgea That this estimate OF the labor
vote is exaggerated Is easy to believe, but
that the vote will be large and significant
there Is no ground for doubling. fhe alb
which OF the old parties VIII be the heaviest
loser by the labor detection" There undoubt-
edly more democrats among the workingmen
than republicans, but the discipline OF the demo-
cratic party is much the best. The reports OF
persons who have made a canvass in scattered
formed from them Ali that can be said with any
degree OF certainty is that the democrats will ex-
perience the largest losses I'm the Irish wards and
the republicans In the German wards. Unf0rtu-
nately for the republicans, the German population
is much larger than the Irish. The disadvantage
to the republicans on this account is met in whole
or In part the result may show by the fact that
the republicans have margin Of 1900 majority
to overcome. 1t has been the policy OF the demo-
Gratis to encourage the labor movement and or the
republicans TO discourage and limit IL. The labor
leaders AFFECT TO spurn democratic assistance. The
labor movement here Is not Henry George move
ment, but rallying OF the organized wOrk1ngmen
of all classes"
The labor candidate for Mayor is W. H. Steven
son, jOurneyman bricklayer, who has been PROM
inent In labor matters, and is secretary OF the
National BricklayerS' Association. The demo-
cratic candidate is Isaac b. MatsOn, who filled the
Office OF probate judge for number OF years The
republican candidate for mayor is Amor Smith,
jr., who was elected two years ago.
Olfer Contests.
CHICAGO DEMOCRATS GIVE 1T Up.
The municipal election in Chicago tomorrow
promises to be Close but it is generally conceded
that the republican ticket, headed by John A.
Roche, will be elected. The democrats will have
no ticket. Consequently, the contest will be be-
tween Roche and the united labor party, whose
candidate for mayor Is Robert Nelson
says: Charley Kern, president OF the Cook County
Democratic Club, has been pr1med for an on
slaught on Mayor Harrison for several days. He
has been looked TO as the probable leader OF last
effort to hold the democracy together. He has let
go entirely.
81 am for Mr. Roche he says sand the republi-
can ticket as the only safe thing at this time My
advice democratSi is that IL very safe to do Just
the opposite Of what Mr. Harrison dictates. tell
you that there Will not be One-third OF the demo-
Gratis found with the socialists when election day
comes" Harrison makes no secret or his desire
that Roche should be beaten by Nelson. The
democratic committee or nifty has passed into
history and the committee Of i've into a state OF
1nnocuous deSuetude and IL is now almost certain
that there will be two tickets In the field on Tues
day next, the republican and labor. Leading
democrats calling upon their party to support
the republican ticket, in order TO avert the posi-
bility OF the election OF SOcial1St1c mayor. The
newspapers OF democratic bearings that had re-
fused to support Harrison are making similar APP
peals.
THE WISCONSIN ELECTION.
The people OF Wisconsin are to elect tomorrow,
April B. an associate justice OF the State Supreme
Court for the term beginning on the first Monday
in January 1888 There Is no contest, the present
incumbent having been nominated for reelection
and having no opposition,
WOMAN SUFFRAGE m KAHBAS
A telegram from Topeka, Kansas, April 2, says:
There is one feature OF the Inauguration OF the
female suffrage movement in Kansas that no one
can explain to his own satisfaction; that is the
difference that exists, for NO apparent cause In
the total number OF women registered in different
towns. For example, Topeka has l,4O0 women
registered; Atchison, almost the equal OF Topeka